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Dear Reality

Dear Reality GmbH is a German company specialising in 3D audio software and virtual acoustics. They have developed software tools for professional audio production of linear and interactive immersive audio content in augmented reality, virtual reality, video games, sound design and music.

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Dear Reality GmbH
IndustryAudio Software
Founded2014 (2014)
Founders
  • Christian Sander
  • Achim Fell
Headquarters
Germany, Düsseldorf
Products
  • dearVR UNITY (2016)
  • dearVR PRO (2017)
  • dearVR MUSIC (2017)
  • dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT (2018)
  • dearVR MONITOR (2019)
  • dearVR MIX (2020)
  • dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT for Wwise (2021)
  • EXOVERB (2022)
  • MIYA (2023)
  • dearVR PRO 2 (2024)
Number of employees
21
Websitedear-reality.com

Dear Reality GmbH is a German company specialising in 3D audio software and virtual acoustics. They have developed software tools for professional audio production of linear and interactive immersive audio content in augmented reality, virtual reality, video games, sound design and music.1

History

The company was founded by Christian Sander and Achim Fell in Düsseldorf, Germany 2014. In 20182 Sennheiser34 invested in Dear Reality5 and in 2019 acquired the company.6

In 2025 the company announced end of developing their products. The license manager which authorizes all the products will be deactivated after July 31, 2025. But new versions of almost all the plugins without the license manager can now be download for free through Sennheiser AMBEO here.

Products

Dear Reality is mainly known for its 3D audio mixing plugins; (stylised dearVR) dearVR Music,78 dearVR Pro910 and dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT.111213141516

Later their virtual monitoring plugin dearVR MONITOR17 became relevant in the audio industry for mixing Dolby Atmos through headphones.

Product History
YEAR NAME DESCRIPTION VIDEO / LINK
2014 39 Stufen Immersive Audio Radio Play Thriller for WDR PDF
2015 dearAPI Binaural Rendering Engine for iOS and Android https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wTddiLCf6k
2016 dearVR UNITY Binaural Spatializer Plugin for Unity3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Y0dwVBq4c
2017 dearVR PRO Binaural Spatializer VST/ AAX / AU Plugin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr-5RSiz-8Y
References

References

  1. "THE FUTURE OF SOUND: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIAN SANDER (DEAR REALITY)". DIGILITY.
  2. "Sennheiser Invests in Dear Reality & Sonic Emotion to Enhance Its VR/AR Capabilities". VI Partners. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  3. "SENNHEISER EXPANDS AMBEO IMMERSIVE AUDIO WITH NEW COOPERATION AND TECHNOLOGIES". Sennheiser.
  4. "Sennheiser Invests in Dear Reality, Acquires Sonic Emotion". MMR Magazine.
  5. "SENNHEISER INVESTS IN AR/VR AUDIO COMPANY DEAR REALITY". Duesseldorf.de.
  6. Schlegel, Milan (2019-07-09). "Dear Reality becomes part of the Sennheiser Group". Sennheiser. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  7. "DEAR REALITY DEARVR MUSIC". Release Time (in German).
  8. "Dear Reality dearVR music im Kurztest: endlich 3D-Sound in der Musik". Beat (in German).
  9. "Dear Reality dearVR pro/dearVR music". fastandwide.
  10. "DEAR REALITY PRÉSENTE DEARVR PRO ET DEARVR MUSIC". Logic-Nation (in French).
  11. "Dear Reality Release New Workflow for Spatial Audio". VR Focus. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  12. "DEAR REALITY RELEASES TWO 3D MIXING PLUGINS DEARVR MUSIC AND DEARVR PRO". Noizefield.
  13. "Spatial Connect: The VR audio workflow tool sound designers have been waiting for". ProSoundEffects.
  14. "The VR–AR–Pro Audio Link". MixOnline.
  15. "THESE FASCINATING NEW TOOLS LET YOU DO 3D SOUND MIXING – DIRECTLY IN VR". A Sound Effect.
  16. "3D-Audio: Dear Reality – Mischen für VR in VR". Sound and Recording (in German).
  17. "dearVR MONITOR on KVR Audio".
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